Overcoming paralysis and fear: How to get staff to do what you want — part two
Most people turn up to work wanting to do a good job — your task as a leader is to inspire your staff to listen and follow through. So here's how.
In experience design, when everything is a priority, nothing is
All the experience design in the world will not help you keep promises if you’re not wired with the necessary will, skills, resources and mindset.
Seven essential steps to create a thriving, respectful workplace culture
Civility, being mutually supportive and recognise stresses are three of the seven essentials required for fostering a respectful workplace culture.
Overcoming apathy: How to get staff to do what you want — part one
If dealing with staff performance is soaking up too much of your time and energy and you’d prefer to be focussing more gratifying activities, read on.
Ten ways to cut costs — without cutting staff
Faced with sluggish conditions, many business owners consider firing staff to maintain a healthy bottom line, but there are better ways to cut costs.
Why Aussie startups fail to scale and how the local ecosystem can help
In order for Australian startups to scale, we need a collaborative ecosystem that works to ensure founders have the right skills, talent and mindset.
How to create 90-day financial goals — and actually reach them
Here's how to set and stick to 90-day financial goals that are realistic, meaningful and will be valuable to your business in the long-term.
My favourite startups (or should I say children)
As an investor, should you have a favourite startup? Or perhaps a better question is, as a parent, should you have a favourite child?
It’s the organisation, stupid
"A pet peeve of mine is when people talk about things 'the brand' does. The organisation and the brand are related, but they are different."
Innovation: What does it really mean?
Innovation is not new. We have been innovating for millennia. The key driver through all of this was our desire to improve the way we do things.
How Shopify’s chief and founder Tobi Lütke uses priming to change employee behaviour
Time and again the use of environmental primes, or nudges, have been set up in the Shopify offices as a way to shape employee behaviour.
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph on the three things successful startup founders have in common
There’s no fail-safe recipe for startup success, but what do successful founders have in common? Netflix founding chief Marc Randolph has some ideas.